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Another visitor to the butterfly milkweed this year. I gotta like the cute little tails on this species....
Wikipedia: The blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) is a very small songbird native to North America.
The blue-gray gnatcatcher's breeding habitat includes open deciduous woods and shrublands in southern Ontario, the eastern and southwestern United States, and Mexico. Though gnatcatcher species are common and increasing in number while expanding to the northeast, it is the only one to breed in Eastern North America. They migrate to the southern United States, Mexico, northern Central America (Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras), Cuba, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Cayman Islands.
Conservation status: Least Concern
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-gray_gnatcatcher
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Someone at the National Butterfly Center in Mission, TX, told me about a Gray Hawk nest. One morning, I thought I would walk by the nest and look up to see if the birds would be in view. They weren't, so I looked to my right and noticed one of the juveniles perched in the morning sun. It then flew to a different perch and sat next to its sibling.
Looking through photos taken over the past year, but not posted.
From November 2024.
This Great Gray Owl has two unusual white primary flight feathers showing, and one white secondary flight feather. I have not seen this before.
A bit of leucism, I suppose, showing a bit of reduced pigmentation.
I have lived 80 years without seeing a gray fox in the wild. Thanks to my friend Bob Haase, who took me to his blind in central Wisconsin, I photographed a whole family.
I was astonished by the colors of this animal. It was a good evening of photography!
gray foxes
photographed from a blind
in rural Wisconsin
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
Gray Catbird
While I have been seeing catbirds in my yard for about a week, this is the first reasonable photograph that I have managed to capture since their return. Right now I am happy to hear their calls again.
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Very cold day. Everything is frozen and there are no fish. I was hiding in the reeds and managed to take a picture of this beautiful bird.
... is drawn to the prairie coneflower. A few trips to the arboretum last month left me with hundreds of photos to process but headaches and eyestrain make it slow going. Cataract surgery is scheduled later this month. Thanks to all who expressed concern. My Flickr friends are the best. Thanks!
Much different from the ventral view on my first post.
Elk Island National Park. Strathcona County, Alberta.
Some Great Gray Owls are rather skittish, and some are very nonchalant about human proximity.
This one was perched on a fence post at the side of a road after actually flying closer to our position. There were three of us photographing it from outside of our cars.
I got within 25 feet of it to get this shot. If you look closely, you will see a blood stain at the end of the beak. The hunting is very good in that location.
We left it in peace, still perched there.
I haven't seen a Great Gray Owl since January 2014. I was very happy to find this cooperative individual.
An eye-catching bird with ashy gray and lemon-yellow plumage, the Western Kingbird is a familiar summertime sight in open habitats across western North America. This large flycatcher sallies out to capture flying insects from conspicuous perches on trees or utility lines, flashing a black tail with white edges. Western Kingbirds are aggressive and will scold and chase intruders (including Red-tailed Hawks and American Kestrels) with a snapping bill and flared crimson feathers they normally keep hidden under their gray.
Western Kingbirds are fairly large flycatchers with large heads and broad shoulders. They have heavy, straight bills, long wings, and a medium-length, square-tipped tail.
Western Kingbirds are gray-headed birds with a yellow belly and a whitish chest and throat. The tail is black with white outer tail feathers that are especially conspicuous in flight.
Easily found perched upright on fences and utility lines, Western Kingbirds hawk insects from the air or fly out to pick prey from the ground. They ferociously defend their territories with wing-fluttering, highly vocal attacks. Vocalizations include long series of squeaky, bubbling calls as well as single, accented kip notes.
Western Kingbirds live in open habitats, where they perch on utility lines, fences, and trees. They prefer valleys and lowlands, including grasslands, deserts, sagebrush, agricultural fields, and open woodlands. They are typically found below about 7,000 feet in elevation.
(My Thanks to Hui Sim for Identifying of this Bird)
(Nikon, 300/4 + TC1.4, 1/800 @ f8, ISO 280)
Another alpine bird, the Gray Jay is also widespread in Canada’s forests, but its year-round range spreads into the mountains of Colorado. This jay is curious and intelligent and often hangs around mountain campgrounds looking for treats and handouts. Where there is one, there is often a small family flock. Dense pine forests are the preferred habitat for the gray jay, which is also the unofficial national bird of Canada.
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